Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – June 2, 1993

I reached my office at half past eight in the morning. A group of the survivors of the martyrs of the 15th of Khordad and the leaders of the coalition came. Mr. [Sheikh Ahmed] Junidi, Imam of Juma [Roodsar and one of Peshwa's scholars] spoke and I also explained the importance of that day in detail. Mr. [Syed Reza] Niri, [Chairman of the Imam Khomeini Relief Committee (RA)] also came separately and thanked the government for the assistance to the Imam Relief Committee and asked for more support for the development of services.

Mr. [Hamid] Mirzadeh, [Executive Vice President] came for current affairs and reconstruction and getting credit. He asked for the previously promised help in the journeys. Mr. [Akbar] Turkan, [Minister of Defense] came and told about the progress of Sasad [Defense Industries Organization] and the needs and lamented about the disruption of the General Staff [of the Armed Forces].

Asr Akhu Mohammad, [the head of the Broadcasting Organization] came. He talked about the establishment of the third TV channel and offered to take money from the subscribers for the expenses, which I did not accept and told them to bring it up for review in the meeting of the government board.

In the meeting of the government board, we approved the issue of requiring the central bank to obtain the approval of the president regarding the change in the loan interest rate. I heard the population growth control report and told [Mr. Gholamhossein Karbaschi], the mayor of Tehran, to remove the [presidential election] ads in my name from the billboards of the municipality.

I spoke on the phone with Ayatollah Khamenei and Dr. Velayati about the trip of Mr. [Ali Mohammad] Basharti, [Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs] to Libya. Both of them are against this trip because of the trip of Libyan nationals to Jerusalem.

It has been raining at night for two or three days, which is a sign of a fundamental change in the weather.